The scoop: Nearly 400 guests turned out for “Picnic for the Park," chaired by Rosanna and Myron Blalock, along with and Gayle and Richard Hightower. The annual gala, emceed by ABC 13 anchor Linda Lorelle, raised more than $375,000 for Memorial Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization created to restore, preserve, and enhance Memorial Park.

The evening featured a laid-back dress attire, deemed “bee casual, no ties,” and a French Country-inspired picnic complete with blue-checkered tablecloths, lavender, and wildflowers.

The party was a celebration of the Conservancy’s two-year anniversary of managing and operating Memorial Park, in partnership with Houston Parks and Recreation Department, and the group’s Master Plan to improve the municipal green space.

The first phase of the Plan is a $36 million project currently underway in the Park’s Eastern Glades. Due to be completed in 2020, it includes the addition of more than 100 acres, a 5-acre lake, picnic areas, expansion of the Seymour Lieberman Running Trail, restroom facilities, and a food truck area.